Munro and Ricci, Mowat and Martin lead fall harvest of Canadian books Oct 3, 2008
Farley Mowat has a memoir out in October. It's called Otherwise and it's being billed as the final book ever from the 87-year-old author of Never Cry Wolf. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Extreme do-gooding Aug 1, 2008
Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison: To highlight threats to Canada's wild places through necessary journeys, this book-writing and filmmaking couple hiked the length of the Rockies, trailed the Porcupine caribou herd through Yukon and Alaska and most recently canoed across Canada with their two-year-old son to meet enviro-hero Farley Mowat. beingcaribou. (Globe and Mail)
General Chaos Jul 30, 2008
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Coldplay leaves fans out in cold Jun 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008. Jun 12, 2008 04:30 AM. (Toronto Star)
Anti-sealers pay 'pirate ransom' Apr 16, 2008
April 16 2008 Canadian author and conservationist Farley Mowat has paid the $10,000 bail for two crew members of the Sea Shepherd ship detained in Nova Scotia, Canada. (Video Duration - 00:01:33). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Farley Mowat on the seal hunt Apr 16, 2008
Farley Mowat may not have wandered far from his home in Port Hope, Ont ... Author Farley Mowat is shown in an Aug.16, 2007 handout photo. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies Apr 15, 2008
Alex Cornelissen (left), the captain of the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat, and chief officer Peter Hammarstedt talk to media after being released on bail from the Cape Breton Correctional Facility in Sydney, N.S., Monday, April 14, 2008 ... A Canadian Fisheries and Oceans patrol boat passes by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat in Sydney, N.S. on Monday, April 14, 2008 ... Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton courthouse Monday afternoon, freeing the chief officer... (CTV.ca)
Two charged after raid on anti-sealing ship Apr 14, 2008
The two officers of the Dutch-registered vessel the Farley Mowat were taken into RCMP custody early Saturday ... By the time the boats made it within 500 metres of the Farley Mowat, the Calgary resident's first thought was to get herself into the ship's radio room and call for help. (The Gazette (Montreal))
Crew maintain seizure broke international law Apr 14, 2008
SYDNEY, N.S. Stunned and angry crew from the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat emerged from a Cape Breton jail Sunday, maintaining the dramatic seizure of their ship by a black-clad RCMP squad brandishing submachine-guns violated international law ... The anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat is towed by Canadian Coast Guard ship George R. Pearkes into the harbour in Sydney, N.S. on Sunday. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Artist Erica Rutherford dies in Charlottetown Apr 14, 2008
A Nova Scotia judge granted bail to the captain and first officer of the Farley Mowat on Sunday, a day after the anti-sealing vessel was seized by the RCMP in the Cabot Strait west of Newfoundland. The World Bank on Sunday urged immediate action to deal with mounting food prices that have caused hunger and deadly violence in several countries. (CBC.ca)
Anti-seal hunt protesters decry Canada's 'act of war' in seizing ... Apr 13, 2008
The captain and first officer of the anti- vessel Farley Mowat are facing charges in a Sydney, N.S. court in connection with a confrontation with a coast guard ship on March 30 ... The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat (front) and the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Des Groseilliers stand idle off the coast of Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia, in this photo taken March 30, 2008 ... He said the Mowat was boarded and the captain, Alexander Cornelissen, and first officer Peter... (Vancouver Sun)
Charges laid against the captain of anti-sealing vessel Apr 6, 2008
HALIFAX The captain and first officer of the Farley Mowat have been charged with violating Canadian fisheries laws, stemming from a high-seas collision between the anti-sealing vessel and a Coast Guard icebreaker last weekend ... The incident leading up to the charges began last Sunday when a handful of sealers claimed the Farley Mowat came too close to them on the ice north of Cape Breton, even after being warned away by the Coast Guard ... Following those complaints, there was a confrontation... (Globe and Mail)
Minister picks ex-admiral for Coast Guard probe Apr 5, 2008
Yesterday, Mr. Watson's vessel, the Farley Mowat, was confronted at the wharf by two dozen residents of Saint-Pierre, the capital of the French territory south of Newfoundland. Fisherman Carl Beaupertuis, 47, said that when he heard Mr. Watson's comments about sealers he was deeply angered. (Globe and Mail)
Tragedy switches focus from saving seals to hunter safety Mar 30, 2008
The Sea Shepherd ship, Farley Mowat, is currently making its way through the ice of the Gulf of St. Lawrence towards the area where most of the sealing activity has taken place. Transport Canada has directed the Farley Mowat not to enter Canadian waters until it complies with international marine safety conventions ... The Farley Mowat is a large, ice-class vessel with a steel hull. (Globe and Mail)
A New-found-land of skiing Mar 6, 2008
My perception of Newfoundlandgarnered from reading "The Shipping News" by Anne Proulx (who called the island six thousand miles of coast blind-wrapped in fog), "The Boat Who Wouldnt Float" by Canadian author Farley Mowat (who wrote, most Southern Shore Newfoundlanders acquire a taste for rum soon after abandoning their mothers breasts), a few Newfie jokes remembered from junior high school, and just looking at a mapwas that it was a desolate, desperate, windswept place... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Saving whales; saving the planet (16) Feb 24, 2008
" He will appear at Diesel, A Bookstore Sunday to sign copies. Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:19 PM PDT Adventure journalist's gripping account of his voyage with a radical environmental group connects the dots among illegal commercial whaling, destruction of marine life and implications for the planet.By Vicky Shere / Special to the Malibu TimesA meeting between eco-vigilante Paul Watson took adventure journalist Peter Heller on a voyage he never expected: crusader to protect ocean... (Malibu Times, CA)
Internet offers book reviewers a new chapter Oct 22, 2007
Only a Canadian could produce this book, with its memorable chapter "Death by Niceness." Doubtless author Will Ferguson got plenty of grief for writing that "America is sexy. It is exciting, dangerous, crass, brash, and violent," and for quoting a crotchety Farley Mowat to the effect that "We Canadians are hardly more than house slaves to the American Empire.". But don't worry, Ferguson hates Americans, too. (Boston Globe -- Living)
When the call of the wild turns deadly Sep 22, 2007
"These types are fairly common in the North," says writer Farley Mowat, who has spent stints as both subject and documenter of survival in the wild. "All humans have this deep hunger to reconnect with nature, to feel symbiosis with the natural world. ... That puts you on the edge a lot. Sometimes over the edge.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
The queen of Green's family asset Aug 6, 2007
Farley Mowat now admits he hasn't brought his spiritual charge any closer to the Lord, but he did give her some good advice: Don't be an activist ... Elizabeth is the eye of the tornado,' says Farley Mowat, whereas young Victoria Cate is 'this cool character. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Top of the World Mar 19, 2007
The militant former Vancouverite is charged with failing to comply with crewing and safety regulations on the 677-tonne Farley Mowat ... Crews of the Farley Mowat and Robert Hunter attempt to block whaling ships and scare off whales. (Hamilton Spectator)
Activist a 'pirate,' not eco-terrorist Mar 1, 2007
Sea Shepherd's attack ships, the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter, circled the Japanese factory ship, dispensing Zodiac inflatables into the heavy seas for the close-in attack ... Aboard the 677-ton Farley Mowat, the crew of 21 shares just two toilets and some of them have to sleep in linen lockers for lack of space. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
This debate is not about Yogi Bear Feb 28, 2007
Canadian author Farley Mowat is largely responsible for many people's perceptions of predator-prey relationships and the attendant rise of the wolf to near-mythic status in certain quarters. While discredited by his superiors and peers in the Canadian Wildlife Service, his book "Never Cry Wolf" nevertheless became a classic, particularly for young, idealistic urbanites who wanted to "get back to the land" in the 1970s. (Anchorage Daily News)
Web-exclusive comment Feb 22, 2007
ROBERT BATEMAN and FARLEY MOWAT AND DAVID SUZUKI ... Robert Bateman is a wildlife artist, Farley Mowat is an author who often writes about the North, and David Suzuki is chairman of the David Suzuki Foundation. (Globe and Mail)
Elusive Japanese safe for now Feb 13, 2007
The Farley Mowat was rated a pirate vessel after leaving Melbourne on December 29, while the Robert Hunter, will lose its British registration on February 19. Also in News. (Courier Mail)
Japanese whaler, protest ship collide in Antarctic Feb 12, 2007
We have a three-foot gash in the hull above the waterline, he said by telephone from the Farley Mowat, a second Sea Shepherd ship in the area. No injuries were reported aboard the Robert Hunter. (Globe and Mail)
Activists Attack Japanese Whaling Vessel Feb 11, 2007
The activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society protest ship Farley Mowat disappeared during a confrontation with the Nisshin Maru but were found after about seven hours, with members of the Japanese whaling expedition assisting. John Gravois of Los Angeles and Karl Neilsen of Perth, Australia, were picked up in good condition from their Zodiac dinghy after its fiberglass hull had cracked, skipper Paul Watson told The Associated Press by telephone. (Montana Standard, MT)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET Feb 4, 2007
ANTARCTICPIRATE (Dobrota, Toronto Globe and Mail) _ OTTAWA: The conservationist ship named after author Farley Mowat and known for hindering whalers and seal hunters has become a pirate vessel after federal transportation officials revoked its registration last August. 400. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
The Farley Mowat loses registration Feb 3, 2007
OTTAWA The conservationist ship named after author Farley Mowat and known for hindering whalers and seal hunters has become a pirate vessel after Transport Canada revoked its registration last August. According to naval law, the crew of any ship can board the Farley Mowat and detain its crew, said Paul Watson, the founder of the eco-militant group Sea Shepherd ... The Farley Mowat has been crisscrossing Antarctic waters for weeks as it tries to intercept a fleet of Japanese whalers, a quest Mr.... (Globe and Mail -- National)
Reward for leaking whalers' location Jan 27, 2007
"The NZAF flew over the whaling fleet in the Ross Sea on Friday and filmed them killing whales but the Government won't reveal the co-ordinates," Captain Watson said from the protest ship Farley Mowat ... " Sea Shepherd ships Farley Mowat and Robert Hunter have another three weeks before they must return to port to refuel. "We believe the whalers are within 400 nautical miles of us, but we have information the Japanese are using satellite tracking to find out our position every day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
A filmmaker's mission possible Jan 24, 2007
He has begged, borrowed and stolen the names of iconic Canadians for two earlier shorts, Farley Mowat Ate My Brother (1995) and William Shatner Lent Me His Hairpiece (1996). The latter is "a very cheesy 13-minute Star Trek parody" complete with a fight scene that could have been choreographed by Swift, makers of fine ham. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
